Pipe-joint.



C. S. BURNS.

PIPEJOINT.

APPLICATION FILED DEQJ, 1914.

1,259,833. I Patented Mar.19,1918.

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v has or its principal obj ect to provide means CLINTON S. BURNS 01 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

PIPE-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed December 7, 1914. Serial No. 875,950.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLINTON S. Bonus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and 5 State of'Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Joints; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form'a part'of this specification.

M invention relates-to pipe joints, and

for sealing the joints of sewer or like/pipe, otherwise than by the use of a bell and spi 0t, and thereby eliminating the expense of orming a bell end on each pipe section.

a In accomplishing this object, I have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of anumber of ipe sections, showing the use and application of my improved joint.

Fig. II is a longitudinal section of abuttin pipes and the joint.

ber.

" Referring more in detail to the parts:

1 desi ates the joint member, which is compose of a waterproof, flexible and adhesive material, such as a tar product, and is carried on a fabric back 2 inorder toprotect the jointpmember while the latter is being stored or shipped, and to facilitate the application of themember to a pipe joint. Each section of sealing means is adapted in length to the pipe to be sealed; and one or both ends of the fabric backing may extend be and the adhesive material.

g designates the pipe sections, each of which has ends of the same diameter, as distinguished from the usual bell and spigot construction, and 4 designates base b ocks having concaved seats 5 for receiving the pipe sections, so that the latter mayl-be supand in ported above the base of the trenc proper alinement.

ig. III is a detail view of the joint mem- In using the joint, the'base blocks 4 are seated in a trench, or other place where the pipe is to be laid, and the joint members, which may be carried in rolls or in' any suitable manner whereby the adhesive material is protected from other articles or from the drying properties of the air, are opened and laid on the blocks with the fabric side down and the adhesive or joint side toward the top. The pipe sections are'then laid on the. blocks, with the abutting ends overlying portions of the joint members, so that when the pipes are in position the. ends of the joint members may be raised and wrapped about the ends of the abuttin pipes to cover and seal the space between t e'ends of the abuts ting sections.

It 1s apparent that as the joint member is I raised around the ends of the pipes it would adhere thereto, and that one of the fabric ends may be turned'back to overlie the body fabric and the opposite free end be overlapped along the back turned portion. Dirt,

or the like, may then be thrown on the over lapping end to hold the band in osition until it has become set, or the trenc filled.

With this construction a sealed joint may be efiected without the use of the bell and spigot connection or the use of; cement, thereby not only effecting a permanent seal, but also effecting a saving in the'cost of the pipe by doing, away with the bell ends on the pipe sections.

Having thus described 111 invention, what I claim as new therein, an desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isi

The combination with abutting pipe sections of a joint sealer inclosing the abutting ends of said section comprising a 'sealin strip of plastic, adhesive and water proo material mounted on a fabric-backing strip,

the ends of the backing strip being extended beyond the ends of the sealing material, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature I in presence of two witnesses.

CLINTON S. BURNS. Witnesses:

Lrmw A. Ronmsox, Lmn Cons.- 

